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Other work by the Ladybird artists ‘Nuthatch’ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

An explosion of starlings Wednesday afternoon

Pekka Halonen - Talvipäivä https://www.wikiart.org/en/halonen-pekka/pekka-halonen-talvipaiva

And in other news I’ve set up at the Bath Art Fair and the PV is done and dusted. Now sitting in bed drinking peppermint tea and eating chocolate. 😁

Viking longboats made entirely from recycled cardboard tubes. Limiting the materials doesn't mean you have to limit your imagination. 😁 www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #art #sculpture

The novelty of single-digit-F days is wearing off.

The goats unplugged one of the barncams last night. Maybe it was Poker Night. I've always had a suspicion but never proof.

There are just 10 days left for our opening offer of 40% off all orders for greeting cards & prints to run so, if you want to bag a bargain, there's still time! Simply enter the appropriate coupon code at the checkout: Cardpromo or Printpromo here:- www.eastlondongroup.co.uk #sale #eastlondongroup

Other work of the Ladybird artists. ‘Missel Thrush’, 1937 Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

I welcome this bold and exciting vision of a future where we cast off the yoke of learning, self development and personal fulfilment and instead spend our lives repeatedly typing slightly different versions of the same question into an LLM in the vain hope of getting a bit of fucking sense out of it

1030 and the goats have *just* begun moving around between shelters. Maybe one of them checked the forecast and learned that this morning's freezing rain is slated to continue for another 12 hours.

Here's "Sunday Morning, Farringdon Road" by Cecil Osborne from 1929. It is in the collection of the Royal Pavilion Museum Trust in Brighton. Currently, along with all our range, it is available as a greeting card or print with 40% off all orders here until 28/02/25:- www.eastlondongroup.co.uk

Still, there's time to improve.

For the art classes in Nuneaton and Nottingham and online for anyone interested I will be starting a 6 weeks back to basics of everything drawing and painting!… (well sort of). Open to all levels on your creative journey. Mark making to oil painting in 6 weeks. #art #learning

A little girl once sent a drawings to artist John Leigh-Pemberton for his approval. He replied in this delightful picture-code letter - which she has treasured for over 50 years. Can you work out his reply?

In troubling times, people experiencing high stress or crippling anxiety deal with it in different ways. Some have a therapist, some have a deep breathing exercise & some even have a personal mantra. I have a Mabel.

not for the first time I wish I had horses.

If you've got it, a fiver for this cat rescue would be put to good use. ($6.50 USD on PP) www.changinglivesatcarrington.uk

Random Daily Markmaking efforts from years past. This is what happens when I start trying to gather online documentation for my taxes.

🚨 Help us locate 'lost' Jewish books! 🚨 The Leo Baeck Institute’s Library of Lost Books is calling on citizen scientists to report sightings of books looted by the Nazis. Read about the initiative & how you can help here: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtraine... #LibraryOfLostBooks #CitizenScience

Riverside http://kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=A+I+625

Today would have been Brynhild Parker's birthday. She was born in 1907. Here's a small selection of her work, all from private collections. You can find our more about her here:- www.eastlondongroup.co.uk/artistbiogra... #BrynhildParker #EastLondonGroup #botd

We've reached the season when folks in the UK are posting snaps of blooming snowdrops while I am wrestling with gates frozen to the ground and dragging a hay sled out to the paddocks over the fresh snow that fell last night on top of the accumulated snow of several recent storms.

Nesting season is upon us again. I put out the daily harvest from Bryns grooming session. He’s not treated for fleas & he hasn’t had fleas but if you give your cat or dog flea treatments please don’t pass the chemicals on to the bird population as it’s harmful to them & especially to their chicks

“We live in capitalism. It’s power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art.” — Ursula le Guin

Apex predator? Jasper, drawn with Staedtler Mars Lumograph Black pencils

So icy. This may be the year I tie a 200' rope to a tree at the top bend in my steep driveway to use as a safety line.

Tell me you don't have a herd of goats without saying you don't have a herd of goats:

Born #Onthisday 1868 in #Tipperary Aleen Cust, the 1st female to become a veterinary surgeon in Ireland & the UK. She had to show 'patience and persistence' to finally be admitted to MRCVS 22 years after completing her veterinary course https://buff.ly/4hlxEf2 @clodaghfinn.bsky.social‬

Hailing in London. Remember, if you are going out, pop a child's xylophone on your head for added fun.

Amali, meaning 'hope' in Swahili, embodies resilience. Found alone on Rukinga Ranch during the brutal 2022 drought, her family had no choice but to leave her behind. She now thrives as part of the Umani Springs herd, a symbol of strength and second chances. Read her story at: swt.bio/amali

Bluebird checking what's for tea.

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